Chapter #10

Strongest in the Universe

The sleep of Vegeta was disturbed by a massive explosion. He turned towards the Z Fighters, who all looked around in alarm. Chiaotzu gulped, "D-do you guys feel that terrible ki?!"

Vegeta gritted his teeth, "Damn it! Frieza's here!"

Dende and Nail looked at each other, Frieza, the one who was responsible for all their tormenting and sadness, had finally arrived. Piccolo growled, "We're just going to have to stick it out until Goku arrives."

Vegeta nodded, "As much as I hate to say it, the Legendary Super Saiyan is our only hope against Frieza."

A chilling laugh echoed through the hideout, "Hohoho! Legendary Super Saiyan?!"

Bulma, who woke up, shrieked, "What's going on?!"

Vegeta yelled, "Prepare yourselves!"

An invisible wave of kiai struck Piccolo, and he crashed into the dining table of Frieza's ship. The emperor smirked, "You didn't think you could hide for long did you?!"

He looked nothing like the man who just blasted away Piccolo like nothing; his figure was short, with two horns. He wore the traditional armor that Vegeta and the other Saiyans wore. With a flick of his hand, he sent another kiai wave that knocked both Nail and Dende back, "I am in no hurry to kill you, but I do need to know where the Dragon Balls are."

Nail growled, "I'll never answer you!"

In a swift movement, Frieza appeared in front of Nail and removed his hand nonchalantly, "I asked, where are the Dragon Balls?"

Nail growled, "Mystic Cannon!"

The point-blank cannon eradicated much of the ship behind Frieza, but the tyrant himself appeared with no injuries, Bulma gulped, knowing how powerful Nail was, "Who is this guy?!"

Two eye beams pierced through Nail, and Frieza tossed him onto the ground. A puddle of purple blood appeared next to him. He coughed, and Dende rushed to help him. However, Nail regenerated his wounds before Dende could, standing up, he began powering up for combat, and so did Vegeta. Catching Frieza by surprise, Vegeta punched the side of the tyrant's face, breaking the scouter. He yelled, "Take this you behemoth!"

Frieza coughed out blood, and powered up with rage, "How dare a Saiyan like you injure me?!"

Both fighters struggled for a moment, a massive force-field appearing each time they clashed. Piccolo gasped, "Vegeta's power, it's incredible!"

Frieza growled, "How the hell did a pathetic monkey like you get so damn powerful!"

A shimmering light of energy appeared in his hands, and with it, he pierced Vegeta's chest. In a look of surprise and shock, Vegeta fell to the ground. Piccolo yelled, "Quick, heal him!"

Dende nodded, and Piccolo rushed over to distract Frieza. His efforts were rewarded with a brutal beating that sent Piccolo hurtling over to the ground. Gohan and Krillin sent a combination of their strongest attacks that ultimately destroyed the spaceship, "Masenko! "Kamehameha!"

The joint beams collided into Frieza, sending the warrior back. The fighters all exited the spaceship, with Frieza wearing a cruel leer. The tyrant began smirking, "Well, I'm quite surprised. You've gone past level 1…now let's see if you can get past level 2."

Krillin muttered, "What is he talking about?"

Vegeta spattered out blood, and then stood back up, "Your time is due Frieza!"

His confidence was washed away as Frieza began undergoing a transformation. The tyrant began laughing cruelly, "I have two more transformations left after this one."

His muscles bulged, and his body mass grew tremendously. Gasping, Vegeta saw the short tyrant quickly grow in size. Now, Frieza looked much more intimidating, and spoke in a much deeper voice, "Now, who's next?"

Nail growled, "Hey, you! We'll have to fuse."

Piccolo turned towards him, "What are you talking about?"

Nail responded, "When two Namekians fuse, their power grows vastly. I only ask of me to become the host."

Piccolo scoffed, "Dream on, I'm not losing my self-control and awareness."

The Namekian took off his turban and cape, "You forgot, you're weakened, while I'm not."

Nail yelled, "Now's not the time!"

Before he could speak again, Piccolo punched his abdomen, "Shut up."

Gohan suddenly gave a yell of anger, "Enough!"

He quickly rushed towards Piccolo and knocked him towards the ground. Frieza gazed at the scene with amusement, "A Saiyan child beat down a Namekian stronger than some of my elites? Interesting."

Vegeta punched Frieza's side, "Enough messing around, your battle's with me now!"

With another punch, Vegeta caught Frieza off balance, and sent a kick to him. Vegeta began firing a flurry of ki blasts, "Take this!"

Frieza emerged, his body covered with bruises. With a demonic yell he rushed towards Vegeta. The Saiyan Prince easily sidestepped and began grinning. Vegeta kneed Frieza, "Come on then, just show me your final form."

Frieza leapt back as he wiped off purple blood, "Tch, I don't need it yet. My third form should suffice."

He began charging up aura, and Piccolo yelled, "What the hell Vegeta? Are you suicidal?"

Vegeta smirked, "No, but don't you feel that burning curiosity that you want to see his third form for yourself? To witness Frieza's power?"

Piccolo muttered under his breath, "Damn it! He could have finished Frieza right then and there! His third form will be the death of all of us, unless Goku arrives…"

Nail agreed, "We'll have to stop our little skirmish. It'll take all our combined efforts to lay a scratch on him, but we just have to stall time."

Frieza's transformation was over, and out emerged a hideous lizard creature. Leering cruelly, Frieza looked directly at Vegeta, "Well, now do you see how terrifying I am?"

Vegeta powered up, "Come at me Frieza! You're scared to admit that I've far surpassed you!"

Both fighters fought completely on par with each other, until Vegeta landed a powerful blow to Frieza's stomach. Grimacing in pain, Frieza blasted Vegeta several times and then threw the Saiyan to the ground. Vegeta coughed out blood, and then rushed to fight Frieza once again. Nail yelled, "We'll all have to attack together!"

In response, all the Z Fighters rushed at Frieza with a flurry of punches and other attacks, but it did nothing more than annoy Frieza. With a flick of his tail, Frieza knocked Gohan and Piccolo into the ground. He used both of his fists to punch Nail and Krillin. With a quick eye laser, he shot down Vegeta too.

All the Z Fighters stood, injured. Vegeta spat out blood and quickly powered up, "Come on Frieza, show me your real strength! We all know that I've become stronger than you!"

Frieza chuckled and easily parried each of Vegeta's blows, with a strong kick, Frieza knocked Vegeta back. Scowling, Vegeta began becoming frustrated, "Why the hell aren't my attacks working?!"

With a growl of anger, Vegeta powered up his signature move, "Try this on you freak! Gallic Gun!"

He gave a smirk of satisfaction as he saw a look of fear and shock on Frieza's face. The impending doom demolished the ground that Frieza was standing on. However, during the explosion Piccolo commented, "Frieza's power just skyrocketed, he's in his final form now…"

When the explosion and rubble cleared, Frieza was completely different, now almost humanoid. Looking at one hand, Frieza growled with anger, "You stupid maggot! That actually hurt!"

With a deadly yell, he slammed his foot into Vegeta's spinal cord. The Saiyan yelled in agony and pain as Frieza began punching his back repeatedly. "Where's your bravado and momentum?" Frieza leered cruelly.

With a quick beam, he shot Vegeta's wrist. The Saiyan growled as he felt a fracture in his bone. Gohan turned towards his friends, "This is terrible! We need to help him!"

Nail turned towards Piccolo, "Now do you understand? By the time we fuse our power won't be enough against Frieza!"

Piccolo panted, "Damn it, you're right. But no way am I losing my free will."

Nail growled, "You're so stubborn, we'll all have to strike him at once!"

All the Z Fighters charged up their beams and fired it towards Frieza, with a leer; Frieza formed a protective ki bubble that easily blocked the beams. Nail gave a growl of frustration, "Damn it, just how strong is he?!"

Frieza began laughing slowly and cruelly, "Do you see how hopeless it is now?"

Vegeta began groaning, "You haven't won just yet!"

With a roar of anger, he did a backflip kick that sent Frieza flying back. He turned towards Dende, "Heal me, quickly!"

Nail nodded, "Dende, please do it, for the sake of our people. He's our only hope left."

Dende nodded, and using his healing powers, healed the almost dead Vegeta. Frieza gazed at Dende with interest, and then began smirking, "We can't have that, can we?"

He pointed his finger at Dende and began charging a ray of doom. The beam in his finger grew bigger until he fired it. It was a thick ray, and had claimed multiple lives. However, this beam didn't kill Dende, but was deflected by a man with palm tree hair and an orange gi…Son Goku.

Piccolo turned towards him, "So, you Saiyans have finally arrived."

Next to him was Raditz and Nappa, both with power considerable to the Ginyu Force. Vegeta scowled, "At last you've come."

Raditz looked at Frieza with surprise, "So, you're Frieza?"

Frieza growled, "Impudent monkey, yes, this is Frieza. Behold, the form you're seeing now is my final and ultimate transformation."

Raditz began scowling, "Damn, I had hoped that with our Zenkai boost we would at least stand a chance."

Goku turned towards them, "At this rate, you should leave the fight to Vegeta and me. We can stop him."

Vegeta turned towards Kakarot, "Hmph, so you've gotten stronger than Frieza's second transformation, at this rate, Super Saiyan should be enough."

Frieza's eyes widened, "Super Saiyan? What type of joke is this?!"

Goku's hair began standing up as he crushed the ground beneath him, "Prepare yourself Frieza."

His hair stood up and his irises quickly shifted color. The Saiyan's chest grew bigger and his muscles bulged. He stood confidently as the warrior of hope, "This is a Super Saiyan."

Frieza gasped, "Wha-what?! No, the legend can't be true! But still, I have to use fifty percent of my power to believe this first."

Goku grinned, "Suit yourself."

The two engaged in a clash of multiple blows. At last, Frieza began gaining the upper hand. Seeing this, Vegeta began to gasp in astonishment and wonder, "I'm not nearly as strong as they are! Especially Frieza…this can't be fifty percent! He must be lying…"

Goku was sent back by a kick from Frieza. The Super Saiyan panted, "This is much harder than I thought it would be, you're a real tough challenge Frieza!"

Frieza began laughing, "Ha! It seems I had nothing to fear! The Super Saiyan is beneath even 50% of my power. I have yet to even unleash my full strength."

Goku powered up, "50% or not…I will defeat you!"

Vegeta began shaking, "Frieza must be lying! The Legendary Super Saiyan, the strongest in the universe… beaten by Frieza when he's only at 50%?!"

Goku rushed towards Frieza defiantly, only to be pushed back by a wave of kiai. Frieza laughed, "Don't you see now? There's a world of difference between you and me Super Saiyan!"

Vegeta charged up, "Don't listen to him! Show him what for! Frieza, he destroyed the Saiyan race! He killed our family!"

Frieza pointed a Death Beam at Vegeta, "Enough blabbering."

He fired the piercing beam directly at Vegeta, who growled. However, Nappa leaped in front of Vegeta, taking the beam to the chest. Vegeta gazed at Nappa's wounded body, "Nappa, why?"

Nappa spat out blood, "Because I w-was told to protect the royal S-saiyan family until the end."

Vegeta scowled, "Another Saiyan taken away…Frieza, no MORE!"

Vegeta's hair began turning blonde, and his eyes transformed into a magical emerald color. Goku gasped, realizing that Vegeta was transforming into a Super Saiyan. Vegeta screamed in agony, remembering everything that Frieza took from him; he destroyed the Saiyans, and took everything away!

Finally, the Legendary Super Saiyan stood in front of Frieza, confident. Frieza trembled, "Two Legendary Super Saiyans?!"

Vegeta began grinning, "Come at me Frieza, you'll handle you myself."

With a burst of anger, Frieza charged towards Vegeta. The Super Saiyan easily blocked the blow and responded with his own punch. Frieza gasped, not having felt a punch of that magnitude in a long while. Goku remarked, "Incredible! Vegeta's gone above me now! And I don't even think that he's unleashed his full power yet!"

Raditz watched this curiously, "It seems that Vegeta is indeed the strongest Saiyan warrior."

Frieza began gasping for air, but Vegeta kicked him at the side of his face before he could do so. With his left hand, he charged up an energy ball and threw it at Frieza without mercy. Within those couple seconds, Frieza became much more injured than anything Goku could throw at him for a million years. The tyrant trembled, "Impossible! Vegeta, how the hell did you become a Super Saiyan?!"

Vegeta replied, "I saw deep down into my heart, and found that I too, had the ability to transform! Prepare yourself Frieza, you're about to witness the true power of a Super Saiyan!"

Vegeta powered up, until his aura and ki rose to immeasurable heights. Frieza raised up a hand, "W-wait! Don't you want to see my full power?"

Vegeta stopped, "Oh, do show your real strength Frieza."

Frieza smiled, and began powering up, 'Saiyans, as stubborn as always.'

Piccolo scowled, "Vegeta's being overconfident again!"

He powered up, "We'll have to ready ourselves."

Frieza was beginning a very slight transformation. His muscles bulged, but that was all. His temples began strained due to the pressure it took keeping this form. Vegeta laughed, "Is that all? I had thought you might have actually been able to provide a decent challenge."

His words were cut short as Frieza sent a direct blow to his face. Blood dribbled out of Vegeta's mouth, but the Saiyan prince kept on smirking. Frieza sent a kick to Vegeta's abdomen, and then rammed him to the ground with his elbow. Yelling, Frieza fired multiple ki blasts, "Take this you stupid monkey!"

The explosions evidently caught Vegeta, but the Super Saiyan emerged with a couple of bruises and his armor being damaged. Vegeta began laughing, "My turn."

He teleported in front of Frieza and instantly sent a volley of blows towards his stomach. Grinning, Vegeta kneed Frieza and threw him to the ground. Powering up, Vegeta yelled, "Meet your end Frieza! Feast your eyes on Super Vegeta's Big Bang Attack!"

Piccolo's eyes widened, "The power being generated from that attack is incredible."

Goku powered up, "Vegeta stop! That attack can destroy the planet!"

He rushed towards Vegeta, but the Super Saiyan used his aura to shrug Goku away. Frieza smirked, "Yes! You monkey, you're idiotic! If that attack is fired, Planet Namek will be destroyed!"

Vegeta grinned, and then the ki blast was crushed into his hands. Piccolo gasped, "He's a fighting genius, he's using the ki blast to power himself up!"

Vegeta teleported behind Frieza, and using his Big Bang Attack fueled hand; he fired a beam of incredibly powerful energy at point-blank range. Frieza gave a yell of pain, as he emerged; his body severely mattered with bruises. "Enough!" he yelled, "I'm going to end this, right now!"

Within his hands was a gigantic Death Ball, "Prepare to die!"

Vegeta's eyes widened, and for the first time in the battle, a look of uncertainty flashed his eyes.

Hope you enjoyed his chapter of Light of Hope! As you can see, Vegeta finally ascends. I felt that he should have ascended due to the pain that Frieza put him through quicker than Goku. Of course, due to Piccolo's evil nature and the fact that Nail was barely injured when Frieza transforms, he offered Piccolo to fuse with him, instead of what occurred in the manga and anime. In the period while Vegeta was resting, the Z Fighters would evidently have trained quite a bit to survive against Frieza, so they are stronger than what they were before.

Power Levels:

Goku: 1,000,000

SSJ Goku: 50,000,000

Raditz (Post Zenkai): 160,000

Nappa (Post Zenkai): 200,000

Gohan (Post Training): 35,000

Krillin (Post Training): 23,000

Gohan (Enraged + Full Power): 1,060,000

Vegeta (Post Zenkai): 1,500,000

Vegeta (Post 2nd Zenkai): 3,000,000

SSJ Vegeta: 150,000,000

Frieza First Form: 530,000

Frieza Second Form: 1,060,000

Frieza Third Form: 2,000,000

Frieza Final Form 50%: 60,000,000

Full Power Frieza: 120,000,000